Introduction to linguistics

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

obowiązkowe

Realizowany zdalnie

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 3

0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: participation in lectures

2,5 ECTS – 75 hours: preparation to lectures and the final exam (readings) with direct participation of the teacher

Course description:

The lecture provides students with introductory academic knowledge on key issues and phenomena dealt with by the widely understood science of language, i.e. linguistics

Course objectives:

- using linguistic terminology

- understanding historical development of linguistics

- knowing leading linguists' contributions

- understanding language interrelations

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Course content:

- Linguistics as a scientific discipline;

- Branches of present-day linguistic research (theoretical vs. applied, synchronic vs. diachronic, contextual vs. independent);

- A historical outline (hypotheses of the origin of language and history of writing, the development of linguistics in ancient Greece, Rome and India, the development of European linguistics from the Middle Ages up to the present times);

- Divisions of linguistics in the 20th and 21st centuries (phonology, orphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, the role of the speech act theory, psycholinguistics, language acquisition and learning [the role of contrastive linguistics and error analysis]; sociolinguistics and language variety [“standard” language vs. dialect, slang, jargon; pidginisation and creolisation of language; contact-linguistics; bi- and multilingualism], language typology.

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Methods of teaching: presentation, lecture, interactive lecture, ICT tools/e-learning

Reading list

A. Used in class

Hayes, C. W., Ornstein, J., and Gage, W. W. (1991). The ABC's of languages and linguistics: A basic introduction to language science.

Lincolnwood: National Textbook Company.

B. Used for self-study

Crystal, D. (1997). A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Cambridge: Blackwell.

Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N. (2003). An introduction to language. Boston: Thomson/Heinle.

Supplementary materials

Language files: Materials for an introduction to language & linguistics. Columbus: Ohio State University Press.

Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands

1. the place and significance of linguistics in the philological science (k_W01/P6S_WG)

2. basic linguistic terminology (k_W02/P6S_WG)

3. the historical development of linguistics (k_W05/P6S_WG)

4. basic research focal points of particular contemporary linguistic branches (k_W04/P6S_WG)

5. the names and accomplishments of the leading researchers who contributed to the development of the discipline (k_W07/ P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

6. use the specialist terminology of linguistics (k_U01/P6S_UW)

7. use the knowledge about contemporary linguistic theories (k_U03/P6S_UW)

Social competences

Student is ready to:

8. perceive language as a living structure which is subject to both historical change and synchronic variety (k_K03/P6S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Written exam (at the university site) - 100% of the final grade (outcomes 1-8)

Final Grading Framework:

2.0 (Fail): 0-59%

3.0 (Average): 60-68%

3.5 (Average Plus): 69-74%

4.0 (Good): 75-84%

4.5 (Good Plus): 85-92%

5.0 (Very Good): 93-100%

pass at 60% of the final grade